Stardock Alternative Activation

This page provides an alternate activation method for when you need to activate a Stardock product on a computer without Internet access or if the in-app method has failed (usually due to security or firewall obstacles at your location). In these instances, the application will guide you through saving a text file (.req) to be uploaded and processed here.

Click on the 'Choose File' button below and navigate to where you saved the activation text file (.req). Select it. choose 'Open' and then click on 'Submit'.

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In the colored box below will be a link to download the activation response file (.resp). Right click on the link and select "Save Link As' or 'Save Target As'. If you are activating for a computer without Internet access, save the file somewhere and transfer it back to the PC you wish to activate the product on.

You can finish your activation by selecting "Select Activation Response" and selecting the downloaded file. If you have closed the activation menu, open the app again to get the activation dialog, click 'Enter Product Key' and click 'select offline file.'

Your registrations have been looked up but no purchases for [ACTUAL INSTALLED PRODUCT NAME] have been found. This could happen if you are activating this product with another product's key, mistyped it, or it does not exist on your account with the email address provided.

Your registrations have been looked up but no purchases for [ACTUAL INSTALLED PRODUCT NAME] have been found. This could happen if you are activating this product with another product's key, mistyped it, or it does not exist on your account with the email address provided.

Please contact support@stardock.com for assistance as you have hit the max activation count and they would need to reset it.

Incorrect email or password. Please ensure that you are activating with the current account credentials associated with this product.

The product key has been disabled for the given email account.

The product key is invalid.

The product key submitted has been deactivated. If you believe this is in error, please contact your system administrator or Stardock support.

The product key provided is already activated on [CURRENTLY ACTIVATED COMPUTERS]. If you want to install on this PC, you would need to purchase an additional license. Alternately, uninstalling [ACTUAL INSTALLED PRODUCT NAME] from [CURRENTLY ACTIVATED COMPUTERS] will deactivate it and allow you to install on this PC.